Preachingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a way that preaches.

    "[…] the country maiden, who mounts her horse so adroitly, waits on table so sweetly, and talks morality so preachingly?"

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"[…] the country maiden, who mounts her horse so adroitly, waits on table so sweetly, and talks morality so preachingly?"

Etymology

From preaching + -ly.

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